Forth (County Wexford barony)

[l 1] Forth is bordered by Wexford Harbour to the north, St George's Channel to the east, the Celtic Sea to the south, and the baronies of Bargy to the west and Shelmaliere East to the northwest.

[1] Settlements in the barony include [l 2] Wexford,[l 2] Rosslare,[l 2] Kilrane,[l 2] Broadway,[l 3] Ballycogly,[l 3] Killinick,[l 3] and Tagoat.

Patrick Weston Joyce quotes from Lebor na Cert that the Fotharta were descendants of Eochaidh Finn Fothart, son of Fedlimid Rechtmar, a second-century High King of Ireland.

[4] The Norman conquest of Ireland of the 1170s established a large English-speaking colony in Forth and Bargy, which survived throughout the late medieval Gaelic Resurgence.

[2] The distinctive Forth and Bargy dialect of Middle English survived until the 19th century.